Look up: Globe-Fish


  1. Globe-Fish
    Globe-fish is a popular name applied to several fish of the genera Diodon and Tetraodon of the order Plectognathi, on account of their ability to assume a globular form by swallowing air or water which inflates a ventral sac and inflates the whole animal like a balloon.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BG.HTM

  2. Globefish
    Globe'fish` noun (Zoology) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon , Tetrodon , and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish , and...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/34

  3. globefish
    <zoology> A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. ... Synonym: porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?globefish

  4. Globefish
    • (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/globefish/

  5. globefish
    Another name for the puffer fish
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008272.html

  6. globefish
    1) Blowfish 2) Plectognath 3) Plectognath fish 4) Puffer
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/globefish/1

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